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JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 827-858Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705285566
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psychological distress; adult African American (or Black); male psychological distress; confidence in courts; the legal system, and/or the criminal justice system; perceived discrimination; racism, and/or injustice
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This cross-sectional research investigates social determinants of psychological distress among adult mates, with a specific emphasis on African Americans. Despite a sizable body of literature indicating that members of the African American community hold less favorable attitudes toward criminal justice, including the police and court system, than do Caucasians, hardly any empirical examinations have investigated the psychological ramifications of this discontent. Utilizing a sample of 377 adult male respondents from the 1998 General Social Survey, results reveal that the effect of being an adult African American male conditions the impact of (1) socioeconomic status and (2) confidence in the courts and legal systems on psychological distress.
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